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‘The Olympics are too big and too expensive for the western democracies to host,’ argued Chappelet on the Play the Game forum already in 2012. This is a statement we still hear often nowadays. And yes, unfortunately it is true. The International Olympic Committee is struggling to find host cities

The next 18 months are important for any athlete with
aspirations of competing at the upcoming World Athletics Championships, and
next year’s Olympic Games beyond that.
But for St Mary’s University student and distance runner
Daniel Jarvis, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
The 23-year-old has just finished the penultimate year of
his Business Management degree and

It isn't match-fixing, doping, or even money laundering. It isn’t even that Lionel Messi is, in fact, an alien.
It's not dirty, illegal or even extra-terrestrial. So, then, what on earth is it? It is the London Underground football league of course!
The
unique concept sees employees from Tube lines, including District

Acrophobia – heard of it? Possibly not. Yet, it’s almost
certain to have impacted each and every one of us at various points in our lives.
Acrophobia is the irrational fear of heights and according to ‘Fearof.net’, it
represents the third most common phobia throughout the world.
With it being so vastly prevalent,

London may be among the wealthiest cities in the world, but deprivation and inequality are still distinctly prevalent. Indeed, there are numerous charities focusing on an abundance of issues, and while some gain the recognition they deserve, others can slip through the net.
Welcome to the Greenhouse Centre, an establishment

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A week has passed since the city of Leeds blew a huge sigh of relief, as its football club announced head coach Marcelo Bielsa is to stay at Elland Road for at least another 12 months.
With minimal changes to a playing squad that finished a
lowly 13th in the previous campaign,

Rob Dorsett has been a Sky Sports News reporter for over fourteen years.
He’s covered the FIFA World Cup, interviewed Usain Bolt and was
one of the first to report on the Leicester City helicopter tragedy.
He spoke to the SportsGazette about his career and gave his
advice for young sports journalists wanting

On Saturday May 25th, 2019 at 4:30 a.m. James Williams will embark on a grueling journey by foot, from Land’s End to John O’Groats with a mission - to break the Guinness World Record.
In other words, Williams has nine days, two hours and twenty-five minutes to run approximately eight

The sports media is actively showing off how much they have improved to increase women’s media coverage. Unfortunately, the figures tell us the opposite. Last year, female athletes got 4% of the worldwide sports media coverage according to UNESCO.
In 2017, BBC Sport's Barbara Slater, commented, ‘There's a transformation in women's

If you were to ask typical football fans to pick out a star
of the game, the obvious names would likely come up more often than not.
Lionel Messi? Cristiano Ronaldo? Perhaps England’s Harry
Kane, or in more recent times Raheem Sterling, even?
But those who truly love football know that hidden beneath
the glamour